Improvement in cartridge-loading implements



L. A. BEA BDSLEE. Cartridge-LoadingImplements.-

Patented Marsh 31,1874.

Witnesses:

UNITED STATES LESTER A. BEARDSLEE, O F LITTLE FALLS,

PATENT QFFICE.

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IMPROVEMENT m CARTRIDGE-LOADING murmurs;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,183, dated March 31, 1874; applieationfiled February 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, LESTER A.'BEA RDSLEE,

' of Little Falls, in the county of Herkimerand.

State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedCartridge-Filling Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description .ot the same, reference being had to the'acconipanyingdrawing forming a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view. 7

The invention relates to means whereby sportsmen and others may, with convenience and dispa h, load the quantity and kind of ammunition preferred into the ordinary cartridge-eases, which arebought at 'wholesale or retailed for that purpose.

A represents a bed, provided with the inwardly-converging groove a, its smaller end being curved on the arc'of a circle slightly larger but corresponding to the perimeter of a holding cylinder or tube,B, concaved on top at b. O is the ordinary cartridge-case, havin g a paper body, 0, a metallic base-cap, c, and

a firing-pin, o, the whole fitting into the corresponding central'cavity b and'vertical side slot N. D is the plunger, as well as the hollow conductor, through which .the ammunition.

falls from-thefunnelor cup E. This plunger. is squared at e; has'circumjacent flange. or.

stop 6, and slides in the guidef, placed at the end of curved upright F. G'is a lever, connected with the reciprocating plunger bya strap, 9, that'is pivoted to each, fulcrumed at h to the top of a post, H, and provided with the subjacent retracting-spring I.

The application is as follows: A cartridgecasc, 0, being inserted within the holder B,

thepaper tube being inwardly creased'abqye and the latter pushed to the bottom or small end of converging groove a, the bed-groove centers the cartridge-case under the plunger,

where it is ready toreceive a charge of powder, first dropped into the funnel or cup E, then falling through the hollow plunger D, and finally received on the bottom of cartridgeease. A wad is now slid dow'n -the top concavity. of tube'B, and directly under the plunger D,;which is thenbrought down to drive it home. The shot, bullet, or ball is-inserted, upon thepowder and covered with a wad, in a similar 'm'aniiefnwlien theoperatio'ii is finished, so far as this machine is'concerned,

the last wad, to keep the load of ammnni fixed in place, by another device.

The operation may be performed with great" rapidity, economy of time, and by a servant- 'or unskilled person.

Having thus described-- my inventioinivhat' I claimis- I 1. The'combination, "with a hollow :open plunger, D, of an unconnected independent cartridge-holdin g lube, B, havingthe edge of its open endslopedfrom the outsideto the inside, as and for; the purpose described. I

,' 2. The combination, with the tubular holder B and plunger D, of bed A, having the inwardly-converging groove a, ending in a curve that corre's onds to the perimeter of said tube, to enab e the tube to'be automatically centered undelthe plunger, in the manner set'forth.

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,Witnesses: Y

SOLON 0.1(EM0N, Ones. A. PETTIT. 

